“What’s the matter?” Zayn asked gently, then he coaxed her softly. “Why are you crying?”

“Zayn, do you feel that I’ve gone too far with what I’ve done outside the company today?” asked Tessa.

Zayn was speechless. To be honest, he did feel that she went a little too far.

Seeing that Zayn did not say anything for a long while, Tessa then said even more miserably, “I know, in the eyes of others, they will certainly say that she is your mother, how could you be so cruel to her? However, who could understand my misery? I grew up without a mother’s love. When others could jump into their mothers’ embrace and be pampered, I could only watch. I spent countless nights wetting my pillow with tears by myself. How much do I need my mother? Nobody could understand how I felt. But what about her? She did not give me any motherly love at all! What she gave me and my father was an endless shame! Now, I no longer need a mother’s love anymore, not even a little bit, but she wants to force me and emot